overfamiliarity
- noun
- /ˌoʊvərfɪˈmɪljərɪti/
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familiaridad excesiva
- But the curse of this genre is, finally, its overfamiliarity: the same story told over and over a thousand different ways.
Examples
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His constant presence at family gatherings led to an overfamiliarity that made some relatives feel uncomfortable.
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Despite the movie's success, its overfamiliarity caused audiences to lose interest after the initial release.
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The novel's overfamiliarity with its themes made the plot predictable and less engaging for readers.
Synonyms
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Acting too friendly or close with someone you do not know well
A quality of being ordinary and not interesting because it appears very often
Antonyms
How Familiar
Surface Forms
Morphology
overfamiliarity = overfamiliar (transparent) = over + familiar + ity
Formed by adding the nominalizing suffix '-ity' to 'overfamiliar' (over- + familiar), yielding the state or quality of excessive familiarity.
Etymology
Overfamiliarity is built from over- ('too much') and familiar ('well known' or 'friendly'), so it means being 'too well known'. That's why something you see or hear all the time can become boring or lose its impact.